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Coast Guard officials call the rescue swimmer’s June 25 death “a tragedy,” urging comrades to use stress management resources on base.

According to a recent report, Alaska’s death rate from traumatic brain injuries is the highest in the nation.

Cook is the third person to die in Alaska Department of Corrections custody this year. And his death fits a pattern.

The Anchorage Daily News obtained and reviewed Alaska State Troopers investigation reports and medical examiner records, and spoke with family members, advocates and prison officials. Here’s what they found.

Commissioner Jen Winkelman told lawmakers that the Department of Corrections is working to reduce the number of suicides.

Carey Harris Stickford is telling the story of her daughter’s death to highlight what she sees as major lapses in the military’s response.

According to the latest report, suicide “was the leading cause of death” among Alaskans aged 10 to 64 years old. From 2012 to 2017, Alaska has alternated in having either the first- or second-highest rates of suicide nationwide.

Noatak is a northwest Arctic village of about 500 people that’s got a lot going for it. People look out for each other. Families go fishing, hunting and berry-picking, then share with neighbors. And within this community safety net, family ties help people who are considering suicide decide to live instead.

What makes a healthy community? What makes young people in a village thrive? The young people in Noatak have some good ideas.

Twenty-nine of the first 30 people who testified on the bill said they support it as a way of preventing suicides and homicides.